Precious coral
Genus of marine corals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Corallium" redirects here. For the Band-Maid song, see Sense (song).
For the red coral mushroom, see Ramaria araiospora.
Precious coral, or red coral, is the common name given to a genus of marine corals, Corallium. The distinguishing characteristic of precious corals is their durable and intensely colored red or pink-orange skeleton, which is used for making jewelry.
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Precious coral | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Octocorallia |
Order: | Alcyonacea |
Family: | Coralliidae |
Genus: | Corallium Cuvier, 1798 |
Species | |
31 species, see text |
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